1 Kings 6:26
in 1 Kings 6and the height of each cherub was ten cubits.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
KJV
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
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This verse in 1 Kings 6
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe height of the one cherub was ten cubits - Concerning the cherubs, their form, etc., see my note on Exo 25:18 (note). The height of each cherub was about eighteen feet and three inches.
This site's exposition
two cherubims of olive tree
on 1 Kings 6:23-28
The two olive wood cherubim stand ten cubits high with wings five cubits each, so that spread wing to wing they span the whole twenty cubit width of the oracle, one outer wing touching each wall and the two inner wings touching one another in the middle. The tabernacle's cherubim were a single small pair beaten out of one piece of gold and worked into the mercy seat itself at Exodus 25:18-20; these stand freestanding, carved of wood and overlaid with gold, built to the room's own scale. The image given a worshipper is of the whole space held under outstretched wings.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. Which is repeated from 1Ki 6:23; that it might be observed, being of an extraordinary size.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קוֹמַת֙ | komat | [the] height of | H6967 → | 45 times |
| הַכְּר֣וּב | hakeruv | the cherub | H3742 → | 91 times |
| הָֽאֶחָ֔ד | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| עֶ֖שֶׂר | ʾeser | [was] ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
| בָּֽאַמָּ֑ה | baamah | by the cubit | H520 → | 247 times |
| וְכֵ֖ן | vekhen | and thus | H3651 → | 771 times |
| הַכְּר֥וּב | hakeruv | the cherub | H3742 → | 91 times |
| הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃ | hasheni | <the> second | H8145 → | 156 times |
קוֹמַת֙[the] height of
komatH6967 →45 times
הַכְּר֣וּבthe cherub
hakeruvH3742 →91 times
הָֽאֶחָ֔ד<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
עֶ֖שֶׂר[was] ten
ʾeserH6235 →176 times
בָּֽאַמָּ֑הby the cubit
baamahH520 →247 times
וְכֵ֖ןand thus
vekhenH3651 →771 times
הַכְּר֥וּבthe cherub
hakeruvH3742 →91 times
הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃<the> second
hasheniH8145 →156 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.